Novel enhanced systems, processes and methodologies for producing clean water and products thereby

Abstract

Improved methods for carrier-gas humidification / dehumidification [HDH] or dewvaporization enable production of clean water, derived in part from models generated and tested with produced water from the oil and gas industries, which likewise address industrial waste water remediation and generally facilitate the time and cost efficient disposal of waste waters from a plurality of industries ranging from food, wine, and beverage production to novel enhanced efficiencies within the oil and gas industries themselves. High efficiency carrier gas HDH thermal distillation functions without membranes, at ambient or near ambient pressures with no required pre- or post-treatment, and economies of scale to leverage a plastics-based processing platform. Industrial waste water including that generated by the food, wine, and beverage industries, among others, is likewise ameliorated according to the instant teachings.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0001] This application claims full Paris Convention and related priority rights from U.S. Provisional Ser. No. 60 / 826,730 filed Sep. 22, 2006, filed by the present inventors, and said document is expressly incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth herein.BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE

[0002] 1. Field of the Disclosure

[0003] The present disclosure relates to water cleaning systems and methods for field testing and creating value based on using lower aliquots of energy than currently employed to produce clean water. The present disclosure specifically provides a series of technical system improvements based on an improved technical model to exploit exclusively licensed technology for generating cleaned waters from industry, but are not limited to the oil and gas industry, mining, pulp and paper, semiconductor, food and beverage, chemical plating, as well as municipal waste water treatment, electric power generation, environmental remediat...

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Embodiment Construction

[0021]U.S. Pat. No. 6,911,121 and PCT / US00 / 20366—each of which is expressly incorporated herein by reference, as if fully set forth herein, and exclusively licensed to the instant assignee, enables significant returns on investment by addressing and attacking water treatment according to the instant method set and processes that leverage off of nature's teachings in evaporating sea water which then is converted into rain by the forces of weather. While capturing the heat of condensation for reuse in the evaporation cycle. This is done with such a reduced amount of energy that it can solve the problem of desalination which currently plagues the world and remains too costly for many.

[0022]Microfiltration (MF), ultrafiltration (UF), nanofiltration (NF) and reverse osmosis (RO) have been employed for the treatment of produced water and represent the most common techniques attempted for produced water purification. In particular, these hyperfiltration technologies have been utilized as a...

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0001] This application claims full Paris Convention and related priority rights from U.S. Provisional Ser. No. 60 / 826,730 filed Sep. 22, 2006, filed by the present inventors, and said document is expressly incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth herein.BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE

[0002] 1. Field of the Disclosure

[0003] The present disclosure relates to water cleaning systems and methods for field testing and creating value based on using lower aliquots of energy than currently employed to produce clean water. The present disclosure specifically provides a series of technical system improvements based on an improved technical model to exploit exclusively licensed technology for generating cleaned waters from industry, but are not limited to the oil and gas industry, mining, pulp and paper, semiconductor, food and beverage, chemical plating, as well as municipal waste water treatment, electric power generation, environmental remediat...

Examples

Embodiment Construction

[0021]U.S. Pat. No. 6,911,121 and PCT / US00 / 20366—each of which is expressly incorporated herein by reference, as if fully set forth herein, and exclusively licensed to the instant assignee, enables significant returns on investment by addressing and attacking water treatment according to the instant method set and processes that leverage off of nature's teachings in evaporating sea water which then is converted into rain by the forces of weather. While capturing the heat of condensation for reuse in the evaporation cycle. This is done with such a reduced amount of energy that it can solve the problem of desalination which currently plagues the world and remains too costly for many.

[0022]Microfiltration (MF), ultrafiltration (UF), nanofiltration (NF) and reverse osmosis (RO) have been employed for the treatment of produced water and represent the most common techniques attempted for produced water purification. In particular, these hyperfiltration technologies have been utilized as a...